Prospector's Terrible Accident
Caught like a rat in a trap; able to do nothing but to wait for the explosion. This was the terrible predicament of James Enright, a prospector who, with his mate,…
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Swimmer's Strange Accident
Swimming in a 50 yards handicap at a carnival at Lavender Bay, Sydney, a lad named W. Byrnes, of the Leichhardt Club, was going like a winner when he received…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accidents in Brussels. a Countess Seriously Injured
Brussels, 10th November. — Two serious motor-car accidents occurred in Brussels to-day, one already having proved fatal, and the other,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sports Accidents
Mr. W. E. Williams, cyclist, of Wyalong, while training on the Kindra Park track on Saturday afternoon collided with Gordon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Accident
On Thursday last Mr. Archibald Boreland of Murrumburrah, had the misfortune to meet with a serious and painful accident. From what we can learn it appears he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boating Fatality. BRISBANE
A fisherman named Clingan and a coloured man named Bender were capsized near Townsville, and Bender was drowned. Clingan clung to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Crossing Fatality. New Zealand
A train crashed into a coach at a crossing near Nelson and killed Mrs. Tilbury and badly injured her sister and the driver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Accident. MELBOURNE
Thomas Mortimer, a chaff-cutter attendant at Pyramid Hill, had his, right arm caught in a machine, and it was cut off to the elbow piece by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatality at the Proprietary Mine
Conflicting evidence by miners and the mine officials was given at the inquest on the body of George Wearmouth who was killed in the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Disaster. Wreck of the Steamer Windsor. Chief Engineer Drowned. Perth
The steamer Windsor. 2802 tons, bound from Fre[?] to Hong Kong, with a cargo of sandalwood was totally wreeked on Abrothos is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Collision. French Submarines. Men at Heir Posts
Some interesting particulars are published in Paris of the collision under water of two French submarines of the Mediterranean flotilla, the Souffieur and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sad Fatal Accident. Thrown From a Racehorse
MUCH to our surprise, the injuries sustained by the young man, George Robert O'Sullivan, by a fall from the racehorse Uba, on Monday evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Fatality. at Barker Jack Weir. a Fall of Rock. Young Man Mangled. Yass
A young man named M'Namara was killed at Barren Jack yesterday afternoon. He was undermining some rocks, when suddenly about ten tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Windsor Vessel Breaks Up Captain and Two Officers Drowned. Desperate Efforts at Rescue Perth
News was received from Geraldton at 1 a.m. yesterday of the return of the rescue expedition to the Windsor wreck, on Abrolhos Island. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stanwall Park Railway Accident
In connection with the Stanwell Park railway accident, the jury found that it was due to a wheel slipping on an axle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Phosphorus Fatality
Biding a horse into the river at Pahiatha, (N.Z.) to give it a drink, a 10-year-old boy observed a, Shiny substance in the water. He jumped off, picked it up, placed it in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barren Jack Fatality
About 500 men are at present working on the Barren Jack dam, on the Murrumbidgee River, 20 miles from Yass (N.S.W.), which, when completed, will be the second largest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Colliery Tramway Accident. a Driver Dies
The South Bulli (N.S.W.) jetty was the scene of a serious accident last week, and following which a driver, Richard Osborne, 61. dropped dead. An unusually heavy load…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality in a Well. Death of an Old Hay Resident
Something akin to a sensation was caused in Hay about noon on Monday when word was brought in that. Mr. George H[?]ines, the well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Telegrams. Boy Bather Drowned. Sydney
A boy named John Smith was drowned in a dam at Prospect yesterday while bathing with a number of companionS. The boy was recovered…
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